Grade 10 - Music - Quarter 2

1. Quarter II:
AFRO-LATIN AMERICAN
AND POPULAR MUSIC
BRENDA B. CATALYA
Asuncion National High School

2. a. African Music
b. Latin American Music
c. Jazz
d. Popular / Pop Music
e. OPM
CONTENT STANDARDS
The learner demonstrates understanding of...
1. Characteristic features of Afro-Latin American
music and Popular music.

3. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
The learner...
1. Performs vocal and dance forms of
Afro-Latin American music and
selections of Popular music.

4. LEARNING COMPETENCIES
The learner...
1. Observes dance styles, instruments, and
rhythms of Afro Latin American and popular
music through video, movies and live
performances.
2. Describes the historical and cultural
background of Afro-Latin American and
popular music.

5. 3. Listens perceptively to Afro-Latin
American and popular music.
4. Dances to different selected styles of
Afro-Latin American and popular music.

6. 5. Analyzes musical characteristics of Afro-
Latin American and popular music.
6. Sings selections of Afro-Latin American
and popular music in appropriate pitch,
rhythm, style, and expression.
7. Explores ways of creating sounds on a
variety of sources suitable to chosen vocal
and instrumental selections.

7. 8. Improvises simple vocal/instrumental
accompaniments to selected songs.
9. Choreographs a chosen dance music.
10. Evaluates music and music
performances using knowledge of musical
elements and style.

8. MUSIC OF AFRICA (Day 1)
Historical and Cultural Background
Music has always been an important part
in the daily life of the African
• Work
• Religion
• ceremonies
• communication.

9. Singing, dancing, hand clapping and the
beating of drums are essential to many African
ceremonies, including:
• Birth
• Death
• Initiation
• Marriage
• Funerals
Music and dance are also important
to religious expression and political events.

10. Some Types of African Music
1. Afrobeat
Afrobeat is a term used to describe the fusion
of West African with black American music.

11. Apala (Akpala)
Apala is a musical
genre from Nigeria in
The Yoruba tribal style
to wake up the
Worshippers after fasting during the Muslim
holy feast of Ramadan. Percussion
instrumentation includes the rattle (sekere),
thumb piano (agidigbo), bell(agogo), and two
or three talking drums.

12. Axe
Axe is a popular musical genre from Salvador,
Bahia, and Brazil. It fuses the Afro-
Caribbean styles of the marcha, reggae, and
calypso.

13. Jit
Jit is a hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean
dance
music played on drums with guitar
accompaniment,
influenced by mbira-based guitar styles.

14. Jive
Jive is a popular form of South African music
featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of the
jitterbug, a form of swing dance.

15. Juju
Juju is a popular music style from Nigeria that
relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms,
where the instruments in Juju are more Western
in origin. A drum kit, keyboard, pedal
steel guitar, and accordion are used along with
the traditional
dun-dun
(talking drum
Or squeeze
drum).

16. Kwassa Kwassa
Kwassa Kwassa is a dance style begun in Zaire
in the late 1980’s, popularized by Kanda
Bongo Man. In this dance
style, the hips move
back and forth while the
arms move following
the hips.

17. Marabi
Marabi is a South African three-chord
township music of the 1930s-1960s
which evolved into African Jazz.

18. LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC INFLUENCED
BY AFRICAN MUSIC
Reggae
Reggae is a Jamaican sound dominated by
bass guitar and drums.

19. Salsa
Salsa music is Cuban, Puerto Rican, and
Colombian dance music. It comprises various
musical genres including the Cuban son
montuno, guaracha, chachacha, mambo and
bolero.

20. Samba
Samba is the basic underlying rhythm that typifies most Brazilian
music. It is a lively and
rhythmical dance and music with three steps to every bar, making
the Samba feel like a
timed dance.

21. Soca
Soca is a modern Trinidadian and Tobago pop
music combining “soul” and “calypso” music.
Were
This is Muslim music performed often as a
wake-up call for early breakfast and prayers
during Ramadan
celebrations. Relying on pre-arranged music, it
fusesthe African and European music styles
with particular usage of the natural harmonic
series.

22. Zouk
Zouk is fast, carnival-like hythmic music, from
the Creole slang word for ‘party,’ originating in
the Carribean Islands of Guadaloupe and
Martinique and popularized in the 1980’s.

23. VOCAL FORMS OF AFRICAN MUSIC
Maracatu
Maracatu first surfaced in the African state of
Pernambuco,combining the strong rhythms of
African percussion
Instruments with
Portuguese melodies.

24. Maracatu
The Maracatu uses mostly percussion
instruments such:
Alfaia Drum Tar ol Agbe Sakere
Caixa Miniero or Ganza
Gongue

25. Blues
The blues is a musical form of the late 19th
century that has had deep roots in African-
American communities. These communities are
located in the so-called “Deep South”
of the United States. The slaves and their
descendants used to sing as they worked in the
cotton and vegetable fields.

26. Soul
Soul music was a popular music genre of the
1950’s and 1960’s. It originated in the
United States. It combines elements of African-
American gospel music, rhythm and blues,
and often jazz.
James Brown Etta James

27. Spiritual
The term spiritual, normally associated with a
deeply religious person, refers here to a
Negro spiritual, a song form by African
migrants to America who became enslaved by
its white communities.

28. Classification of Traditional African
Instruments
A. Idiophones
These are percussion instruments that are
either struck with a mallet or against
one another.
1. Balafon - The
balafon is a West
African xylophone.

29. 2. Rattles - Rattles are made of seashells, tin,
basketry, animal hoofs, horn, wood, metal bells,
cocoons, palm kernels, or tortoise shells.

30. 3. Agogo - The agogo is a single bell or
multiple bells that had its origins in
traditional Yoruba music and also in the samba
baterias (percussion)
ensembles.

31. 4. Atingting Kon - These are slit gongs used
to communicate between villages.

32. 5. Slit drum - The slit drum is a hollow
percussion instrument.
6. Djembe - The West
Africandjembe (pronounced
zhem-bay) is one of the
best-known African drums is.

33. 7. Shekere - The shekere is a type of gourd
and shell megaphone from West
Africa, consisting of a dried
gourd with beads woven into a
net covering the gourd.
8. Rasp - A rasp, or scraper,
is a hand percussion
instrument whose sound is
produced by scraping the
notches on a piece of wood

34. B. Membranophones
Membranophones are instruments which have
vibrating animal membranes used in drums.
1. Body percussion - Africans frequently use
their bodies as musical
instruments.

35. 2. Talking drum - The talking drum is used to
send messages to
Announce births, deaths,
marriages, sporting events,
dances, initiation, or war.

36. C. Lamellaphone
One of the most popular African percussion
instruments is the lamellaphone, which is a set
of plucked tongues or keys mounted on a
sound board. It is known by different names
according to the regions
such as mbira, karimba, kisaanj, and likembe.

37. Mbira (hand piano or thumb
piano) - The thumb piano
or finger xylophone is of African
origin and is used
throughout the continent.

38. D. Chordophones
Chordophones are instruments which produce
sounds from the vibration of strings.
These include bows, harps, lutes, zithers, and
lyres of various sizes.
1. Musical bow - The musical bow is the
ancestor of all string instruments. It
is the oldest and one of the
most widely-used string
instruments of Africa.

39. 2. Lute (konting, khalam, and the nkoni ) - The
lute, originating from the
Arabic states, is shaped like the modern guitar
and played in similar fashion.

40. 3. Kora - The kora is Africa's
most sophisticated harp,
while also having features
similar to a lute. Its body is
made from a gourd or calabash.

41. 4. Zither - The zither is a stringed instrument
with varying sizes and shapes
whose strings are stretched along its body.

42. 5. Zeze - The zeze is an African fiddle played
with a bow, a small wooden
stick, or plucked with the fingers. It has one or
two strings, made of steel or
bicycle brake wire.

43. E. Aerophones
Aerophones are instruments which are
produced initially by trapped vibrating air
columns or which enclose a body of vibrating
air.
1. Flutes - Flutes are
widely used throughout
Africa and either vertical or
side-blown.

44. 2. Horns - Horns and trumpets, found almost
everywhere in Africa, are
commonly made from elephant tusks and
animal horns.
Kudu horn - This is
one type of horn made
from the horn of the
kudu antelope.

45. 3. Reed pipes - There are single-reed pipes
made from hollow guinea corn or
sorghum stems,
4. Whistles - Whistles found
throughout the continent may be
made of wood or other materials.

46. 5. Trumpets - African trumpets are made of
wood, metal, animal horns,
elephant tusks, and gourds with skins from
snakes, zebras, leopards,
crocodiles and animal hide as ornaments to the
instrument.

47. WHAT TO KNOW
1. What are the classifications of African music?
2. What are the characteristics of each classification of
African music?
3. Name some African musical instruments under the
following categories:
a. idiophones
b. chordophones
c. membranophones
d. aerophones
4. Describe how African musical instruments are sourced
from the environment.
Give examples.

48. MUSIC OF LATIN AMERICA
(Day 2)
The music of Latin America is the product of
three major influences – Indigenous,
Spanish-Portuguese, and African. Sometimes
called Latin music, it includes the
countries that have had a colonial history from
Spain and Portugal, divided into the
following areas:

49. a. Andean region (a mountain system of
western South America along the Pacific coast
from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego) –
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and
Venezuela
b. Central America – Belize, Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,and Panama
c. Carribean – Cuba, Dominican Republic,
Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique,and Puerto Rico
d. Brazil

50. INFLUENCES ON LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC
1. Indigenous Latin-American Music
Before the arrival of the Spanish, Portuguese,
and other European colonizers,
the natives were found to be using local drum
and percussion instruments
Quena Turtle Shell

51. Guiro
Maracas
Maracas

52. 2. Native American/Indian Music
The ethnic and cultural groups of the principal
native Americans share many
similar yet distinctive music elements
pertaining to melody, harmony, rhythm,
form, and dynamics.
Some of the Native American music includes
courtship songs, dancing songs,
and popular American or Canadian tunes like
Amazing Grace, Dixie, Jambalaya,
and Sugar Time.

53. 3. Afro-Latin American Music
The African influence on Latin American music
is most pronounced in its rich and
varied rhythmic patterns produced by the
drums and various percussion
instruments.

54. 4. Euro-Latin American Music
The different regions of Latin America adopted
various characteristics from their
European colonizers.
I Wanna Be in America from
Leonard Bernstein’s
Broadway hit West Side Story.

55. 5. Mixed American Music
The diversity of races and cultures from the
Native Americans, Afro-Latin
Americans, and Euro-Latin Americans account
for the rich combinations of musical
elements including the melodic patterns,
harmonic combinations, rhythmic
complexities, wide range of colors and
dynamics, and various structural formats.
* music and dance forms such as the Afro-
Cuban rumba, Jamaican reggae, Colombian cumbia,
and the Brazilian samba.

56. 6. Popular Latin American Music
Latin America has produced a number of
musical genres and forms that had been
influenced by European folk music, African
traditional music, and native sources.
Some of these Latin American
popular music forms are tango, bossa
nova, samba, son, and salsa.

57. Tango
Salsa
Samba

58. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF LATIN
AMERICA
Tlapitzalli
The tlapitzalli is a flute variety from the Aztec
culture made of clay with decorations of
abstract designs or images of
their deities.

59. Teponaztli
The teponaztli is a Mexican slit drum hollowed
out and carved from a piece of hardwood. It is
then decorated with designs in relief or carved
to represent human figures or animals to be
used for both religious and recreational
purposes.

60. Conch
The conch is a wind instrument
made from a seashell usually
of a large sea snail
Rasp
The rasp is a hand percussion
instrument whose sound is
produced by scraping a group
of notched sticks with another
stick, creating a series of rattling effects.

61. Huehueti
The huehueti is a Mexican upright
tubular drum used by the
Aztecs and other ancient
civilizations. It is made of wood
opened at the bottom and standing
on three legs cut from the
base, with its stretched skin beaten
by the hand or a wooden
mallet.

62. Whistles
Whistles are instruments made of natural
elements such as bone from animals. The
eagle-bone whistle is the most common whose
function is to help symbolize the piece’s
purpose.

63. Incan Instruments
Among the Incas of South America, two
instrumental varieties were most common:
a. Ocarina
The ocarina was an ancient
vessel flute made of clay or
ceramic with four to 12 finger
holes and a mouthpiece that
projected from the body.

64. b. Panpipes (Zamponas)
The zamponas were ancient
instruments tuned to different
scalar varieties, played by
blowing across the tubetop.

65. Andean Instruments
The Andean highlands made use of several
varieties of flutes and string instruments that
include the following:
a. Pitus
The pitus are side-blown cane flutes that are
played all
year round.

66. b. Wooden Tarkas
The tarkas are vertical duct flutes with a
mouthpiece similar
to that of a recorder, used during the rainy
season.

67. c. Quenas
The quenas are vertical cane flutes with an end-
notched made from fragile bamboo.
They are used during the dry season.

68. d. Charango
The charango is a ten-stringed Andean guitar
from Bolivia. It is the size of a ukulele
and a smaller version of the mandolin, imitating
the early guitar and lute brought by
the Spaniards. It produces bright sounds and is
often used in serenades in Southern Peru.

69. Mariachi
The Mariachi is an extremely popular band in
Mexico whose original ensemble consisted
of violins, guitars, harp, and an enormous
guitarron (acoustic bass guitar).

70. VOCAL AND DANCE FORMS OF LATIN
AMERICAN MUSIC
1. Cumbia
Originating in Panama and Colombia, the
cumbia became a popular African
courtship dance with European and African
instrumentation and
characteristics.

71. 2. Tango
The word tango may have been of African
origin meaning “African dance” or
from the Spanish word taner meaning “to play”
(an instrument).

72. 3. Cha Cha
The cha cha is a ballroom dance the
originated in Cuba in 1953, derived
from the mambo and its characteristic
4. Rumba
The rumba popular recreational dance of Afro-
Cuban origin, performed
in a complex duple
meter pattern and
tresillo,

73. 5. Bossa nova
Bossa nova originated in 1958-59 as a
movement effecting a radical change in
the classic Cuban samba. The word bossa
comes from the Brazilian capital of Rio
de Janeiro, which means either “trend” or
“something charming,”

74. A foremost figure of bossa
nova is Antonio
Carlos Jobim, who became
famous with his
song Desafinado (1957).
In the Philippine pop music
scene, Sitti Navarro is a
singer who has become
known as the “Philippines’
Queen of Bossa Nova.”

75. 6. Reggae
Reggae is an urban popular music and dance
style that originated in Jamaica in
the mid 1960’s. It contained English text
coupled with Creole expressions that
were not so familiar to the non-Jamaican. It
was a synthesis of Western American
(Afro-American) popular music and the
traditional Afro-Jamaican music,

76. The best-known proponent
ofreggae music is Bob Marley,
a Jamaican singer-songwriter,
musician, and guitarist.
7. Foxtrot
The foxtrot is a 20th century
social dance that originated
after 1910 in the USA. It was
executed as a one step,
two step and syncopated
rhythmic pattern.

77. 8. Paso Doble
The paso doble (meaning
“double step”) is a theatrical
Spanish dance used by the
Spaniards in bullfights,
where the music was played
as the matador enters
(paseo) and during passes
just before the kill (faena).

78. WHAT TO KNOW
1. What are the different vocal and dance forms
of Latin American music?
2. What are the characteristics of each vocal
and dance form of Latin American music?
3. Which type of music was popularized by Bob
Marley?
4. Which type of music was popularized by
Antonio Carlos Jobim?
5. Who is known as the “Philippines’ Queen of
Bossa Nova”?

79. JAZZ (Day 3)
• The arrival of the jazz genre did not come
overnight.
• It was an offshoot of the music of African slaves
who migrated to America.
• As music is considered a therapeutic
outlet for human feelings,
• the Africans used music to recall their nostalgic
past in their home country as well as to voice out
their sentiments on their desperate condition at
that time.

80. RAGTIME
• Ragtime is an American popular musical
style mainly for piano, originating in the Afro-
American communities in St. Louis and New
Orleans.
• Its style was said to be a modification
of the “marching mode” made popular by
John Philip Sousa, where the effect is
generated by an internally syncopated
melodic line pitted against a rhythmically
straightforward bass line.

81. Jelly Roll Morton Scott Joplin

82. BIG BAND
• The term ‘Big Band” refers to a large
ensemble
• originating in the United States in the mid
1920’s
• closely associated with the Swing Era with
jazz elements.
• Relying heavily on percussion (drums), wind,
rhythm section (guitar, piano, double bass,
vibes)and brass instruments (saxophones),

83. Glenn Miller Orchestra

84. BEBOP
• Bebop or bop is a
musical style of modern
jazz
• which is characterized
by a fast tempo,
instrumental virtuosity,
* improvisation that emerged during World
War II.
Dizzy Gillespie

85. JAZZ ROCK
• Jazz rock is the
music of 1960’s
and 1970’s bands
that inserted jazz
elements into rock music.
• A synonym for “jazz fusion,” jazz
rock is a mix of funk and R&B
Joni Mitchell

86. WHAT TO KNOW
1. What are the different jazz forms?
2. What are the characteristics of each jazz
form?
3. Name one of the Big Bands that became
popular.
4. Which type of music was adopted by
singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell?
5. Name three of the popular groups that
used the jazz rock style.

87. POPULAR MUSIC (Day 4)
* Popular music literally means “music of the
populace,” similar to traditional folk music of
the past.
* it developed in the 20th century, pop music
(as it has come to be called)
*generally consisted of music for
entertainment of large numbers of people,
whether on radio or in live performances.

88. BALLADS
• The ballad originated as an expressive
folksong in narrative verse with text
dealing typically about love.
• The word is derived both from the
medieval French “chanson balladee” an
* “ballade” which refers to a dancing song.

89. Characteristics:
1. Blues Ballads
- The form emphasizes the character of the
performer more than the narrative content, and
is accompanied
by the banjo or guitar.
2. Pop Standard and Jazz Ballads
This is a blues style built from a single verse of
16 bars ending on the dominant or
half-cadence, followed by a refrain/chorus part

90. 3. Pop and Rock Ballads
A pop and rock ballad is an emotional love
song with suggestions
of folk music, as in the Beatles’
composition
Don McLean
“American Pie.”

91. STANDARDS
In music, the term “standard” is used to
denote the most popular and enduring
songs from a particular genre or style
Frank Sinatra Nat King Cole

92. ROCK AND ROLL
Rock and roll was a hugely popular song
form in the United States during the late
1940’s to the 1950’s.
The Beatles
Elvis Presley

93. DISCO
The 1970s saw the rise of another form of pop
music known as “disco.” Disco music pertained
to rock music that was more danceable,
The Bee GeesABBA

94. Donna Summer
Earth, Wind, and Fire

95. POP MUSIC
Parallel with the disco era, other pop music
superstars continued to emerge. Among
Diana Ross and the
Supremes

96. Pop superstars in more recent years include solo artists:
Celine Dion (My Heart Will Go On),
Madonna (MaterialGirl),
Whitney Houston (I Will Always Love You),
Mariah Carey (Hero),
Justin Timberlake (Justified),
Britney Spears(Oops, I Did It Again),
Beyonce (Irreplaceable),
Lady Gaga (Bad Romance),
BrunoMars (Just The Way You Are);
as well as vocal groups such as Boyz II Men (Four Seasons
of Loneliness), The Backstreet Boys (I Want It That Way),
N’Sync (This I Promise You),Destiny’s Child (Survivor),
among many others.

97. Michael Jackson, “The King of Pop”
Perhaps the most popular solo performer of all
time is Michael Joseph Jackson who was born
on August 29, 1958 and died on June 25, 2009.
He was an American recording
artist, entertainer, singer-
songwriter, record producer,
musical arranger, dancer,
choreographer, actor,
businessman, and
philanthropist.

98. Today’s Pop Music Idols
There are music groups like:
• Black Eyed Peas,
• K Pop (Korean),
• My Chemical Romance,
• Fall Out Boys,
• The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus,
• Souja Boy, Train,
• Maroon 5, and
• One Direction.

99. HIP HOP AND RAP
Hip hop music is a stylized, highly rhythmic
type of music that usually (but not always)
includes portions of rhytmically chanted words
called “rap.”
Kanye West Eminem

100. ALTERNATIVE MUSIC
Alternative music was an underground
independent form of music that arose in the
1980’s.

101. WHAT TO KNOW
1. Briefly describe the historical and cultural background of
African, Latin American, jazz, and popular music.
2. Analyze the musical characteristics of African, Latin
American, jazz, and popular music.
3. How did the following music reflect life in their respective
cultures and the conditions at that time?
a. African music – maracatu, blues, soul, spiritual, call and
response
b. Latin American Music – cumbia, tango, cha cha, rumba,
bossa nova, reggae, foxtrot, paso doble
c. Jazz – ragtime, big band, bebop, jazz rock
d. Popular music – ballads, standards, rock and roll, disco,
pop, hip hop and rap, alternative music

102. PHILIPPINE POPULAR MUSIC
(Day 5)
• The one word that comes to mind when
we think of contemporary Philippine
music is the type commonly termed as
Original Pinoy Music or Original
Philippine Music, Or OPM for short.

103. In the 1960s to 1970s,
*NoraAunor,
• Pilita Corrales,
• Eddie Peregrina,
• VictorWood,
• Asin,
• APO Hiking Society,
• and others were highly popular OPM
singers..

104. In the 1970s to 1980s, the major commercial
Philippine popmusic artists were:
• Claire dela Fuente,
• Didith Reyes,
• Rico Puno,
• Ryan Cayabyab,
• Basil Valdez,
• Celeste Legaspi,
• Hajji Alejandro, Rey Valera, Freddie Aguilar,
Imelda Papin, Eva Eugenio, Nonoy Zuñiga,
and many others

106. PHILIPPINE JAZZ
Philippine musicians have also been inspired
by jazz music.
Lito Molina and
the Jazz Friends Eddie Katindig
Bobby Enriquez

107. PHILIPPINE ALTERNATIVE FOLK MUSIC
The Philippines also saw the rise of alternative
folk music which was different from the
traditional and popular form.
Freddie Aguilar

108. PHILIPPINE ROCK
The year 1973 saw the birth of Philippine or
“Pinoy” rock music which successfully merged
the rock beat with Filipino lyrics.
Juan de la Cruz Band

109. Parokya ni Edgar
Bamboo

110. PINOY RAP
In the Philippines, rap was also made popular by
such composers and performers as
Francis Magalona (Mga Kababayan Ko and
Watawat) and Andrew E (Humanap Ka
ng Pangit).

111. WHAT TO KNOW
1. How did the different forms of popular music reflect
life in the 20th century?
2. Differentiate the characteristics of Philippine pop,
rock, and rap music.
3. What role did media like radio, television, and
recordings play in the development of these different
musical genres?
4. Describe the “Manila Sound” in Philippine pop
music.
5. Name some well-known OPM performers.

112. WHAT TO PERFORM (Suggested Activities)
Group Activities (Day 6)
1. Class Singing Concert – live performance
a. Your teacher will divide the class into four groups.
b. Each group will be asked to draw lots to sing a
song from one of the following musical genres:
For African Music - choose from Kumbaya, Waka
Waka, or Mbube
For Latin-American music - One Note Samba
For Jazz - choose from Someone to Watch Over Me
by Ella Fritzgerald or All That Jazz from the movie
Chicago For Pop and OPM - choose your own song

113. c. Decide among your group members
which of you will sing, plan the
choreography or movements to
accompany the song, play a musical
instrument, and record the group’s
performance on video.
d. Learn your assigned song, using the
lyrics on the following pages. Practice it,
with the choreography and accompaniment.
Then, perform it in class.

114. 2. Dance Interaction
a. As your group performs in class, invite
the other class members to join you
in the dance movements or
choreography that you have prepared.
b. Do an impromptu selection of “Best
Dance Performance” among your
classmates.

115. 3. Music Video Award
a. During the class performance,
the assigned group member(s) will
record your group’s performance
using a mobile phone, tablet, or
video camera.

116. b. Simulate a “Music Video Award” event by
joining the other groups in
presenting your respective videos in class.
c. The class members will choose the “Best
Song Performance” based on
how well the group presented their
assigned music genre.

117. (Day 7) – Practice
(Day 8 ) - Performance

118. Evaluation of Performing Activities
Rating scale:
5 = Very Good 3 = Fair 2 = Poor
4 = Good 1 = Needs Follow-up
Rate scores are based on the groups’ performance quality.
1. How well did our group perform our assigned music?
a. African Music _______________
b. Latin American Music _______________
c. Jazz _______________
d. Pop Music / OPM _______________
2 How well can I identify the different musical genres based
on instrumentation, melody, rhythm, text,timbre, harmony,
and purpose? _______________

119. 3. How well can I describe the characteristics of
each genre as I listened to the melody,
harmony, rhythm, and lyrics? _______________
4. How well did our group perform the different
dance moves for our assigned song?____________
5. How well can I (individually) sing the following
musical genres?
a. African Music _______________
b. Latin American Music _______________
c. Jazz _______________
d. Popular / Pop Music _______________
e. OPM _______________

120. Teacher’s Rating of the Performance
1. Musicianship (60%) ________
2. Presentation impact and
showmanship (20%) _______
3. Ensemble coordination and
organization (20%) ________